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Sebastian Gießmann
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Media History | Theory | STS @UniSiegen @mediaofcoop.
Formerly Cultural Techniques | History of Knowledge @ HU Berlin

Book @mitpress.bsky.social:
The Connectivity of Things: Network Cultures since 1832
👉 https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/12547.001.0001
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December 16, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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dr-meyer.bsky.social
#savethedate
efin-diskurs.bsky.social Diskursprojekt "eFin & Demokratie" (ZEVEDI) @efin-diskurs.bsky.social · 11d
Digitales Geld – Was bedeutet monetäre Souveränität heute?

Mit @evangelische-akademie.de veranstalten wir dazu an drei Abenden Anfang 2026 in Frankfurt eine Gesprächsreihe und diskutieren mit Fachleuten aus Banken und Zentralbanken, Journalismus, Politik und Wissenschaft.👇
zevedi.de/aktivitaeten...
Diskussionsreihe im Januar / Februar 2026 Digitales Geld - Was bedeutet monetäre Souveränität heute? 22. Januar 2026. Wero und digitaler Euro 12 .Februar 2026 Bitcoin und co 26. Februar 2026 Digitales Geld, starkes Europa Zentrum verantwortungsbewusste Digitalisierung (ZEVEDI) & Evangelische Akademie Frankfurt
December 16, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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cais-research.bsky.social
⏰ Don’t miss out!
Only 5 days left to apply for a fellowship at CAIS
👉 Find more information and apply here:
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Curious who has already been part of our fellowship program?
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We’re looking forward to your application!
cais-research.bsky.social Center for Advanced Internet Studies @cais-research.bsky.social · Nov 12
🚀 Apply now for the #CAISfellowship in 2027!
You're researching #DigitalTransformation? Get funding, space & community in Bochum, Germany.
⏰ Apply by December 19, 2025
👉 Details: www.cais-research.de/en/cais-coll...
#CAIScollege #Bochum
Collage with pictures of fellows at CAIS - in a workshop, a talk, at an excursion and the weekly breakfast List mentioning the fellowship highlights: Open to all career stages Project focus: Digital transformation & society 3 or 6 Months dedicated to your research Generous funding & support Free furnished apartment & private office Lively, interdisciplinary research community Weekly academic & social gatherings Based in Bochum, Germany – at the heart of the Rhine-Ruhr science region Part of a map of Europe showing where Bochum is located and photos of Bochum (CAIS building, Bochum lettering, photo of researchers riding bicycles)
December 15, 2025 at 7:36 AM
sebgiessmann.bsky.social
OMG, a Trump Card really had to happen at some point. Could we please get the NFTs back? In German, we call this Realsatire.
kidvanguard.bsky.social Kid Vanguard @kidvanguard.bsky.social · 16d
trumpcard.gov is live and the million dollar fees are all referred to as “gifts” or “contributions” to an undisclosed party lol
Special Benetits. For Individuals For Business Trump Gold Card For a $15,000 DHS processing fee* and, after background approval, a contribution of $1 million, receive U.S. residency in record time with the Trump Gold Card. *Additional small fees to the U.S. Department of State may apply depending on the applicant. Trump Platinum Card Coming Soon* An official website of the United States government Apply Now 个 Corporate Gold Card? The Trump Corporate Gold Card is issued to a corporate sponsor for one or more of the sponsor's employees. To apply, the corporate sponsor must pay a nonrefundable, $15,000 DHS processing fee per employee. Corporate sponsors may apply for multiple employees at once. A $2 million per employee gift upon completion of the employee's vetting is evidence that the employee will substantially benefit the United States. The advantage of the Trump Corporate Gold Card is that corporate sponsors may cease sponsoring one employee and use the gift contribution tied to the prior application as a basis for sponsoring a new employee, without a new $2 million gift. The Trump Corporate Gold Card is subject to a small, 1% annual maintenance fee and a 5% transfer fee, which includes the cost of a new DHS background check. Small additional fees to the U.S. Department of State may also apply depending on each employees circumstances.
December 14, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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djdynamic.ca
"I'm not in denial, I'm in open rebellion" damn that quote goes hard
thegmcconnachie.bsky.social Garry @thegmcconnachie.bsky.social · 17d
“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”

Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 AM
sebgiessmann.bsky.social
Is #MacOS26 a disastrous design or not?
December 9, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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tillheilmann.info
500 (!) Seiten schöne Beiträge, etwa zur Geschichte der Virtuellen Frauenuniversität (Anna Tuschling), zur E-Mail (Simon Rothöhler), zu Large Language Models (Katia Schwerzmann), zum Hörsaal (Natalie Binczek), u.v.m.
December 9, 2025 at 10:39 AM
sebgiessmann.bsky.social
We need Palantir Studies! »Die Techno-Autokraten wissen, dass man, um Macht auszuüben, keine Wahlen gewinnen muss – sondern nur Verträge abschließen.«

👉 monde-diplomatique.de/artikel/!611...

#palantir #anduril #thiel #faschismus #bigtech #AI #KI
United States of Palantir
In den USA vollzieht sich ein grundlegender Umbau des Staates. Die Hauptrolle spielen dabei Tech-Unternehmen wie Palantir und Anduril, an deren Software wichtige hoheitliche Aufgaben delegiert werden....
monde-diplomatique.de
December 5, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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netzpolitik.org
Der Einsatz von Palantir-Software verletzt Grund- und Freiheitsrechte. Und er lässt die Rede von der digitalen Souveränität endgültig unglaubwürdig werden. Wir halten dagegen.

Für unsere Arbeit fehlen uns dieses Jahr noch 314.000 Euro. Spende jetzt.

netzpolitik.org/digitalfights
December 4, 2025 at 5:33 AM
sebgiessmann.bsky.social
Ich bin @dpz.bsky.social sehr dankbar für seinen klaren Text zu Peter #Thiel. Auf Deutsch das Beste, was ich bisher zum Thiel-Komplex gelesen habe. 👉️ politischeoekonomie.com/dossier-pete...

#palantir #bigtech #altright #faschismus
Dossier: Peter Thiel – der Vermittler  - Politik & Ökonomie Blog
Peter Thiel gilt als gefährlicher Vordenker jener reaktionären Bewegung, die hinter der Trump’schen Präsidentschaft steht. Daniel-Pascal Zorn hat Thiels intellektuelle Biographie verfolgt und zeigt: T...
politischeoekonomie.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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mikkelkfrantzen.bsky.social
I hereby promote my book! edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-the-bir...
November 27, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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nickseaver.website
I’ll play, since I just got this picture of my ethnography of music recommender system developers on display in a hifi listening cafe in Long Beach, CA
a copy of COMPUTING TASTE on a shelf above some mugs
November 27, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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PROMOTE YOUR BOOKS! EVERYONE WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR PUBLISHED BOOKS!

gonna be reposting your books because hoo you made a book!

www.ucpress.edu/books/making...
The cover to the amazing, incredible sound studies book, MAKING STEREO FIT
November 26, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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rcolesworthy.bsky.social
7 years old now and I just discovered it has a whopping 5 reviews on Goodreads, which freaked me out. But in the interest of emphasizing that shelf life is real: it was just this year cited in a CFP for a panel about generous modernisms. 🎁

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November 27, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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dandipiero.bsky.social
On the indie rock of this moment and how it's remaking the genre 💜💜

press.umich.edu/Books/B/Big-...
Big Feelings
In the past decade, a distinctive resurgence of indie music has seen young, queer, and feminist artists reformulating the genre with strategic reappropriations of ’90s grunge and 2000s-era pop. Big Fe...
press.umich.edu
November 27, 2025 at 3:19 AM
sebgiessmann.bsky.social
📚 Wow! Over here in Europe it's morning––and the overnight flurry of great American books here on Bluesky reminds me of everything I love about academia in North America (and elsewhere). #booksky
November 27, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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dkompare.bsky.social
This one is now 20 years old, but is still available and still not bad.

(And its spiritual sequel is in the works…)

www.routledge.com/Rerun-Nation...
November 26, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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PROMOTE YOUR BOOKS! EVERYONE WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR PUBLISHED BOOKS!

gonna be reposting your books because hoo you made a book!

👉 mitpress.mit.edu/978026255074...
👉 Open Access: doi.org/10.7551/mitp...

#booksky 📚
Cover Sebastian Giessmann: The Connectivity of Things: Network Cultures since 1832, MIT Press
November 26, 2025 at 10:56 PM
sebgiessmann.bsky.social
Wie genial ist Luca Neupertis Video zum digitalen Euro denn bitte? Dem abstrakten Thema tut ein wenig Sozialkonstruktivismus in der Technik- und Wissenschaftskommunikation im Stil von Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim sehr gut. Schaut's Euch an und sagt es weiter! #cbdc #digitalcash #digitalereuro #europa #ezb
efin-diskurs.bsky.social Diskursprojekt "eFin & Demokratie" (ZEVEDI) @efin-diskurs.bsky.social · Sep 11
Wer tiefer einsteigen möchte

In einem Erklärvideo eruiert Luca Neuperti mit Hilfe der Social Construction of Technology-Theorie wie es mit dem digitalen Euro weitergehen könnte:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1t81...

Mehr zu unserem Fellow-Programm für Medienschaffende: zevedi.de/aktivitaeten...

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Der Digitale Euro und ... Alte Fahrräder?
YouTube video by luca.science - Luca Neuperti
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November 21, 2025 at 8:39 AM
sebgiessmann.bsky.social
Hi everyone, I am looking for new recipes to deal with a lot of open browser windows and tabs 💻️. Any ideas and best practices? Your suggestions are very much appreciated! #followerpower

#interface #science #work #browser
November 17, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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netzpolitik.bsky.social
Anstatt sich für vermeintliche Rechenenzentren-Geschenke von Big Tech zu bedanken, könnten wir sie auch einfach besteuern und mit dem Geld unsere eigenen Rechenzentren bauen, liebe Bundesregierung:
November 13, 2025 at 8:22 PM
sebgiessmann.bsky.social
I heartily recommend staying at #CAIS!
cais-research.bsky.social Center for Advanced Internet Studies @cais-research.bsky.social · Nov 12
🚀 Apply now for the #CAISfellowship in 2027!
You're researching #DigitalTransformation? Get funding, space & community in Bochum, Germany.
⏰ Apply by December 19, 2025
👉 Details: www.cais-research.de/en/cais-coll...
#CAIScollege #Bochum
Collage with pictures of fellows at CAIS - in a workshop, a talk, at an excursion and the weekly breakfast List mentioning the fellowship highlights: Open to all career stages Project focus: Digital transformation & society 3 or 6 Months dedicated to your research Generous funding & support Free furnished apartment & private office Lively, interdisciplinary research community Weekly academic & social gatherings Based in Bochum, Germany – at the heart of the Rhine-Ruhr science region Part of a map of Europe showing where Bochum is located and photos of Bochum (CAIS building, Bochum lettering, photo of researchers riding bicycles)
November 12, 2025 at 7:48 PM
sebgiessmann.bsky.social
This is very clear guidance for (agentic) AI at universities! I like it a lot.
mkirschenbaum.bsky.social Matthew Kirschenbaum @mkirschenbaum.bsky.social · Nov 4
Very proud to have worked on this statement of the Modern Language Association with @annamillsoer.bsky.social and other colleagues on the MLA’s task force on AI in Research and Teaching. It is a direct call for faculty input into Ed Tech decision-making, especially AI: www.mla.org/Resources/Ad... 🧵
Screenshots of the following text: Statement on Educational Technologies and AI Agents The following statement of endorsement was drafted by the MLA Task Force on AI in Research and Teaching. The Executive Council approved it as an MLA statement in October 2025. Software, specifically learning management systems (LMSs), is as important to teaching and learning as physical classrooms and facilities. The recent and hasty integration of generative AI features into those systems is already redefining student and instructor relationships, evaluative standards, and instructional outcomes—with no compelling evidence that any of it is for the better. At the same time, so-called agentic browsers are becoming widely available to the public. These offer AI “agents” that can navigate LMSs and complete assignments without any student involvement. All of this is unfolding at a time when contractual arrangements between institutions and commercial vendors often lack transparency, with worrisome implications for data collection and student privacy. Screenshots of the following text: The Modern Language Association therefore unequivocally 1. Advocates for full faculty and instructional involvement, including faculty of languages, literatures, and the humanities, at all levels of decision-making in the selection, procurement, and responsible implementation of instructional technology systems and software, including those incorporating AI.

The instructional mission cannot be fulfilled in the absence of faculty expertise, and this expertise extends not only to the “content” of the curriculum but also to the infrastructures and environments—virtual and otherwise—in which learning happens.
  2. Calls upon law- and policymakers, LMS vendors, and companies offering agent-based AI browsers to cooperate in order to prevent misuse and to ensure that academic institutions have the ability and option to block agentic AI when needed.

Without dedicated outside cooperation from lawmakers and technology providers, academic institutions may not have the technical capacity to do so on their own. If we do not act, we risk seeing the development of a fully automated loop in which assignments are generated by AI with the support of a learning management system, AI-generated content is submitted by an agentic AI on behalf of the student, and AI-driven metrics evaluate the work on behalf of the instructor.
November 4, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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mkirschenbaum.bsky.social
In happier news: for Critical Inquiry, I reviewed @hagenblix.bsky.social and Ingeborg Glimmer’s WHY WE FEAR AI, which has just lately been catching some deserved hotness. 🔥 Read my take here: criticalinquiry.uchicago.edu/matthew_kirs...
Critical Inquiry
A journal of Art, Culture and Politics, Published by the University of Chicago
criticalinquiry.uchicago.edu
October 30, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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lukestark.bsky.social
Most "AI" problems are actually capitalism problems.
October 29, 2025 at 5:15 PM